Player's Profile: Roger Federer

After Sunday's Wimbledon final, who would not know who Roger Federer is. The Swiss who played for a dream, which came true when he beat the darling of the Londoners, world number four and British no.1 Andy Murray in the final of the gentlemen's single title event at the Centre Court 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4.

Seven times Wimbledon title winner Roger Federer [left] and Maiden finalist and runner up Andy Murray [right] with trophies - 8 July 2012 Wimbledon Centre Court [Photo: Daily Mail]

Elevated from no.3 to World no.1 after Sunday's final win, Swiss Roger Federer equaled the seven times win record of British William Renshaw and American Pete Sempras. 

The earlier seven time Wimbledon title winner: William Renshaw [left] - Pete Sempras [right]

His 8th Wimbledon final and seventh win left Andy Murray tearful for he was playing his maiden final and had hoped to win not only for himself, but for his country as well to bring an end to a title-less drought Britain has been suffering since Fred Perry won the last Wimbledon title in 1936.

Jubilant Federer after winning the seventh Wimbledon title Sunday, July 8,2012 [Photo Credit AP / Yahoo sports]

Interestingly, Sunday's final was the first final when the Centre Court  £80 million roof was deployed since it was placed in 2009.

Roger federer, a born Leo (8 August 1981) is a professional tennis player from Switzerland. He had previously held the world no.1 ranking from 2004 - 2008, for full 237 weeks consecutively. However, his overall holding record comes to 286 weeks, a few days short of american Pete Sempras, which will expire on 16 July 2012 a few days from hence.

Roger Federer, after Wimbledon 2012 Grand Slam win, now has 17 Grand Slams to his honour. The win Sunday comes as a big relief for Federer as he has been without a Grand Slam title since his 16th Grand Slam title of Australian Open 2012 - in fact he had been dominated by Serbian Djokovic and Spaniard Rafael Nadal, both of whom crashed out of the Wimbledon this year. His rivalries with the two are considered as some of the greatest of all time in the sport and are even considered to be a "Trivalry" between the three.

Federer showing off his trophy to the crowd outside the Centre Court [Photo: Washington Post / Alastair Grant/Associated Press]

Roger Federer has many feathers in his cap:  He topped a list of the "100 greatest tennis players of all time" (male or female) by Tennis Channel recently in 2012.  He is one of seven male players to capture the career Grand Slam (one of four in the Open Era) and one of three (with Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal) to do so on three different surfaces (clay, grass, and hard courts). He is the only male player in tennis history to have reached the title match of each Grand Slam tournament at least five times, and is also the only male tennis player to have reached the Wimbledon final eight times.

Five year older to Djokovic and Murray, whom he beat in the semi and final this year, Federer should now aim to win the Wimbledon for the eighth time next year, breaking the records of William Renshaw and Pete Sempras, and set in a new world record as no one has held the Wimbledon title for more than seven times before.

Serena Williams [left] with the Venus Rose Water Dish and Federer [right] with the Wimbledon trophy at the Wimbledon Dinner
8 July 2012 [Photo: Daily Mail]

Along with Federer, American Serena Williams who also won the Wimbledon title this year has a reason to be jubilant as she also won the Wimbledon Ladies' Single title for the fifth time, equaling record held by many including her sister Venus, from who she clinched the title in 2008 and held till 2010.

Refer to Wikipedia for a detailed account of Federer's illustrious Career.